North Carolina Courage defender Abby Dahlkemper was named the 2017 NWSL Defender of the Year, the league announced Thursday.

Dahlkemper, 24, who just completed her third season in the NWSL (first with NC Courage) is the youngest player ever to win the award.

The UCLA and U.S. Women’s National Team product played every minute (2,340), one of only four field players to do so, for the Courage this season, who finished the regular season by winning the NWSL Shield with a 16-7-1 record before falling to the Portland Thorns in the NWSL Championship game.

Dahlkemper, who was drafted third overall in 2015 by the Western New York Flash, turned in two assists on the season and anchored a back line that helped the NC Courage post 12 shutouts (an NWSL record) while conceding only 22 goals for a 0.92 goals against average (fourth-best in league history).

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